Fenestraja

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Rajomorphii
Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Gurgesiellidae
Genus: Fenestraja
Species (8): F. atripinna – F. cubensis – F. ishiyamai – F. maceachrani – F. mamillidens – F. plutonia – F. sibogae – F. sinusmexicanus
Name

Fenestraja McEachran & Compagno, 1982: 423

Type species: Raja plutonia Garman, 1881, by original designation.
References
Primary references

McEachran, J.D. & Compagno, L.J.V. 1982. Interrelationships of and within Breviraja based on anatomical structures (Pisces: Rajoidei). Bulletin of Marine Science 32(2): 399–425.

Fenestraja is a genus of eight species of skate in the family Gurgesiellidae. They are found in deeper waters of the western Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and the Indian Ocean (east to Bali).[1]
Species

Fenestraja atripinna (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Blackfin pygmy skate)
Fenestraja cubensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Cuban pygmy skate)
Fenestraja ishiyamai (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) (Plain pygmy skate)
Fenestraja maceachrani (Séret, 1989) (Madagascar pygmy skate)
Fenestraja mamillidens (Alcock, 1889) (Prickly skate)
Fenestraja plutonia (Garman, 1881) (Pluto skate)
Fenestraja sibogae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Siboga skate)
Fenestraja sinusmexicanus (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) (Gulf of Mexico pygmy skate)

References

Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131. Reference page.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Fenestraja in FishBase. February 2011 version.